McDowell Family Blog

McDowell Family Blog

Friday, July 20, 2012

Treehouse Vacation

For her birthday this year, Will's mom, Stephanie AKA Grandma, wanted to stay at the Treehouse Villas at Saratoga Springs (Disney World) with the kids. She took Emily out there on Sunday night. I brought Bailey out to her on Monday, and Eileen, Andrew, Xander, and Derrick were there Monday as well. The kids stayed all week. I drove back and forth each day with Liam so that he could be a part of it all as well. I think the kids had an absolute blast. We got to visit the various pools at the resort, which have water slides and splash parks. We considered going to a water park but the kids had so much fun at the hotel pools that we skipped that. However, the girls got to go to the Contemporary Resort and watch the fireworks over Magic Kingdom. They went to campfire stories with Chip and Dale and had s'mores. We had a family BBQ on Wednesday to celebrate Grandma's birthday, and then we took the kids back to the Contemporary to see the fireworks again. Bailey said, "Mommy, to go to the 'pireworks' we have to ride the 'mama-rail'"--SO cute!!


Liam on the slide in the splash park--he LOVED it!

Bailey coming down the BIG slide!

Emily's 27458th trip down the big slide!! She screamed the whole way down EVERY time.

At the Paddock pool at Saratoga Springs Resort.

Bailey on the 'mama' rail :)

Getting ready for our boat ride!


 On Thursday we went to the Boardwalk and rented a boat, which was a real adventure because neither Bailey nor Liam wanted to wear the life jackets (required of everyone) and they were both super crabby. I ended up getting off the boat halfway through the trip and taking them for a walk. We were all exhausted when we got home that night! Today we went to the beach to wrap up our week. It was a great time for all of us!

No comments:

Post a Comment